The DeJohnette Complex

Studio album by Jack DeJohnette

Released

1969

Recorded

December 26 & 27, 1968

Genre

Avant-jazz

Length

39:13

Label

Milestone

Producer

Orrin Keepnews & Dick Katz

Jack DeJohnette chronology

The DeJohnette Complex
(1969)

Have You Heard?
(1970)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The DeJohnette Complex is the debut album by Jack DeJohnette featuring Bennie Maupin, Stanley Cowell, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gómez, and Roy Haynes recorded in 1968 and released on the Milestone label in 1969.^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The music ranges from advanced swinging to brief free improvisations and some avant-funk... Intriguing and generally successful music".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

"Equipoise" (Stanley Cowell) - 3:58
"The Major General" - 6:34
"Miles' Mode" (John Coltrane) - 6:36
"Requiem Number 1" - 2:21
"Mirror Image" (Miroslav Vitous) - 5:08
"Papa, Daddy and Me" - 7:53
"Brown, Warm and Wintry" - 5:02
"Requiem Number 2" - 1:41

Recorded at Dandon Productions, New York on December 26 and 27, 1968

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette: drums, melodica
Bennie Maupin: tenor saxophone, wood flute, flute
Stanley Cowell: electric piano, piano
Miroslav Vitous; bass
Eddie Gómez: bass
Roy Haynes: drums, percussion

References

1 2 Yanow, S. (2011). "The DeJohnette Complex - Jack DeJohnette | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 1 September 2009

Jack DeJohnette

Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989) In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986) Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990) Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) Peace Time (2008)

Special Edition	Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979) Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980) Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982) Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984) Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)

Gateway	Gateway (1975) Gateway 2 (1977) Homecoming (1994) In the Moment (1995)

Trio Beyond	Saudades (2007)

with Keith Jarrett	Ruta and Daitya (1971)

Related	Discography

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